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he terms of engagement between employee and employer have changed dramatically and the businesses that will thrive in the future are the ones that truly listen to and engage with
their staff. That was the conclusion of the expert panel at the
Future of Work Festival, which looked at how to help organisations and people thrive across the world while overcoming the many obstacles involved in recovering from the pandemic and adjusting to the new hybrid way of working. In a Global Mobility context, the experts looked
at the implications of flexible working and the Great Resignation for talent acquisition and employee benefits, and the challenges that employers face in accommodating requests for a different way of working. Being able to work quickly and respond to changes in the market and adapt and recover from product failures are also essential ingredients in success.
WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO SUCCESS IN 2022 AND BEYOND? “There is no single key to unlock the future of work,” said Marc Burrows, Head of Global Mobility Services and Partner at KPMG International and a panellist in the discussions. “It takes many minds with many different points of view to really get together and experiment.” He compared the current debate around work and
engagement to the advent of smartphones and how they impacted the world of work. “The future of work is a vast topic,” said Dr Linda
Holbeche, independent coach, developer, consultant, researcher and author in the fields of HR, strategy, organisation design and development and leadership. “The nature of work is going to change from
having a job to having projects and tasks,” she explained. “This means that the idea of a career will change for many people.” The pandemic accelerated trends which had already
been growing – technology, the role of people in an organisation, the challenge of skills shortages and the demand for a different kind of work-life balance. “Thinking back over the last 20 years and the
research projects I’ve been involved in, we’ve been on a trajectory for the future of work that consisted of a number of things,” she said. “One was technology transforming the nature of
certain types of work, creating augmented value for some jobs, but unfortunately automating other jobs out of existence. There’s a trajectory that’s to do with work- life balance and people wanting more flexibility but not necessarily getting it. There’s also the trajectory to do with stakeholder capitalism. There was a growing topic around corporate social responsibility. This was the recognition that organisations should operate ethically and treat their supply chains well and the people in them.”
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